Crookston, Minnesota

Crookston population, 2020 to 2024

Crookston lost 214 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -33. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 137th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Crookston is 51% of it.

Crookston covers 5.12 square miles of land, for 1,420 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Crookston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Crookston is in

All of Crookston's residents live in Polk County, which had 30,413 residents in 2024. Crookston holds 23.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Crookston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Crookston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56716. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Crookston is

The Census internal point of Crookston is at 47.774700, -96.606400. Saint Paul, the capital, is 256.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is East Grand Forks, MN (8,915 people), 21.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 63.8 miles away.

Daylight in Crookston

At 47.77° N, Crookston gets about 16 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Crookston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Red Lake Falls, 17.2 miles away, with 1,327 people.